You'll Be in My Heart

"You'll Be in My Heart" is a song by English drummer and singer Phil Collins from the 1999 Disney animated feature Tarzan.

Phil Collins also recorded the song in French ("Toujours dans mon cœur"), German ("Dir gehört mein Herz"), Italian ("Sei dentro me") and Spanish ("En mi corazón vivirás") aside from his native English.

Phil Collins was originally hired by Disney in 1995 as a songwriter, but was chosen because he was a drummer at first and given his history as a drummer for the rock band Genesis, Collins appealed to the Disney production crew, who "wanted a strong jungle beat to accompany Tarzan's adventures".

[3] Early into production, directors Kevin Lima and Chris Buck decided not to follow Disney's musical tradition by having the characters sing and instead, Phil Collins perform the songs in the film serving as the narrator.

The choice of Collins, a popular and well established adult contemporary artist, led his ability to write and record the five original songs.

[4] The song, originally written for his daughter Lily, who was ten years old at the time, was called "Lullaby", is used in a scene when Tarzan's adoptive gorilla mother Kala sings that her baby should stop crying because she will protect him and keep him safe and warm.

[6] The entire Tarzan soundtrack, including "You'll Be in My Heart", was also performed by Phil Collins in various other languages besides his native English, namely German, French, Spanish and Italian.

[15][7] The track peaked at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart,[18] continuing his success that had not stopped after "Everyday".

Phil Collins also recorded "You'll Be in My Heart" in French, German, Italian and Spanish aside from his native English for the international dubbing of Tarzan .